SWITCHING TO COMMON CORE

What is Common Core?

Common Core is a new set of standards our country is adapting

PARCC is designing- *Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

Student will be ready out of high school for career or college

CCSS

Standards are designed specifically for k-12.Build off one anotherIdeally, high expectations drive the entire system – from states to districts to classrooms – towards excellence and increase the outcomes and opportunities for all students.

CCSS

Aligned with college and work expectations

Focused and coherent

Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through high-order skills

Build upon strengths and lessons of current state standards

Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global economy and society

Based on evidence and research

Why is this important??

States currently have their own set of standards…meaning every state expects different levels out of our students

Our students need to be able to compete on fair grounds with ours not only in our country, but around the world.

The Switch…How PARCC is aligned to the CCSS and grounded in the shifts at the heart of the CCSS.

PARCC assessments will be tightly aligned to the Common Core State Standards and grounded in the key shifts at the heart of the Common Core State Standards. There are three shifts in mathematics and three in English language arts (ELA)/literacy, described below. These are shifts the Standards require of teachers and students – and they will be reflected in the PARCC assessments as well. This will help ensure that the assessments mirror the expectations of the classroom.

The Switch

Common Core Shifts for ELA/LiteracyComplexity: The standards require regular practice with complex text and its academic languageEvidence: The standards emphasize reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informationalKnowledge: The standards require building knowledge through content rich non-fiction Common Core Shifts for MathematicsFocus: The standards focus in on the key content, skills and practices at each grade levelCoherence: Content in the standards builds across the grades, and major topics are linked within gradesRigor: In major topics, the standards highlight conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application

ELA

Four strandsReading (including Reading Foundational Skills)

WritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguage

Examples…

Kindergarten:

With prompting and support from teacher, Students describe the relationship between key events in an overall story to corresponding scenes illustrated.

Define the role of an author and illustrator.

ELA- Reading Foundational Skills

Four categories (standards 1−4)Print concepts (K−1)Phonological awareness (K−1)Phonics and word recognition (K−5)Fluency (K−5)

Writing

Writing types/purposes (standards 1−3)Writing argumentsWriting informative/explanatory textsWriting narratives

Strong and growing across-the-curriculum emphasis on students writing arguments and informative/explanatory texts

Writing

Production and distribution of writing (standards 4−6)Developing and strengthening writingUsing technology to produce and enhance writing

Research (standards 7−9)Engaging in research and writing about sources

Range of writing (standard 10)Writing routinely over various time frames

Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and collaboration (standards 1−3)

Day-to-day, purposeful academic talk in one-on-one,small-group, and large-group settings

Presentation of knowledge and ideas (standards 4−6)

Formal sharing of information and concepts, including through the use of technology

Language

Conventions of standard EnglishKnowledge of language (standards 1−3)

Using standard English in formal writing and speakingUsing language effectively and recognizing language varieties

Vocabulary (standards 4−6)Determining word meanings and word nuancesAcquiring general academic and domain-specific words and phrases

Reading• Balance of literature and informational texts• Text complexity

Writing• Emphasis on argument and informative/explanatory writing• Writing about sources

Speaking and Listening• Inclusion of formal and informal talk

Language• Stress on general academic and domain-specific vocabulary

Literature vs. Informational

Grade Literature Informational

K-5 50% 50%

6-8 45% 55%

9-12 30% 70%

Lexile LevelsText Complexity in Grade

Old Lexile Range

Lexile Ranges Aligned to Common Core

K-1 n/a n/a

2-3 450-725 450-790

4-5 645-845 770-980

6-8 860-1010 955-1155

9-10 960-1115 1080-1305

11-CCR 1070-1220 1215-1355

Math Practices

Standards for Mathematical PracticeCarry across all grade levelsDescribe habits of mind of a mathematically expert student

Standards for Mathematical ContentK-8 standards presented by grade levelOrganized into domains that progress over several gradesGrade introductions give 2–4 focal points at each grade levelHigh school standards presented by conceptual theme (Number & Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Modeling, Geometry, Statistics & Probability)

Example

PARCC Assessment

http://www.parcconline.org/samples/english-language-artsliteracy/grade-3-tecr-end-year-assessment

K-2 test unknown

What this really means…

Shift in the way your student learns at school

Student-based standards

Integration of technology